Feldman + Partners is a strategy and investment firm with three main areas of focus:
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Investing… Bob Feldman is a founding partner of FHS Capital Partners, a leading independent investment firm focused on strategic advisory, capital formation and value creation for emerging communications and media companies.
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The Dialogue Project… Founded in 2019 by Bob Feldman, the Dialogue Project is a program focused on what role business must play to help reduce polarization in our society. The Dialogue Project is housed inside the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
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Social Impact… We partner with exceptional non-profit organizations committed to making dramatic societal improvements, whether in civil discourse, global health, racial justice or world peace.
The Potential for Start-Ups
The explosion of artificial intelligence, the ubiquity and complexity of a highly fragmented media landscape and the consolidation of marketing and communications agencies have all made this a challenging time for senior corporate executives to get the kind of smart, practical, senior counsel they desperately crave. As such, these challenging times offer extraordinary opportunity for smart, savvy entrepreneurs who can build boutique firms that offer high-value, niche expertise. If you’re one of these people, my colleagues and I at FHS Capital Partners want to meet you.
The Need to Reduce Polarization in America
One of the most critical challenges facing our country today is our deep polarization. America seems to be split in two with little capacity to listen, respect and engage with the other side. Yet we all agree this problem needs to be solved.
Business has a role to play. Research reveals business is now the most trusted institution, ahead of government, the media and even NGOs. This places a responsibility on business leaders to step up and do more.
Enter the Dialogue Project at Duke University. With the support of leaders at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, this program, founded by Bob Feldman, conducts research and shares best practices with corporations and business associations across the country.
The Opportunity for Business to Partner with Non-Profits
Certainly the non-profit world often is required to spend much of its time raising funds to achieve its many worthwhile goals. But frequently underestimated is how valuable business partnerships can be to these non-profits for reasons that go way beyond cash.
The expertise that resides inside most businesses, the customer and vendor relationships that can provide great value and the opportunity for meaningful employee engagement all provide compelling reasons for business leaders – not just those in CSR – to engage and do more.
In a world in which every corporation today seems to be searching for purpose and offer more rewarding career opportunities for their people, engagement with strategically aligned non-profits can be an important and relatively easy way to make progress. If you’re interested in learning more about this, we want to meet you.